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here, deep underground, is another line of defense. what was originally built as a parking garage is now a four- story underground hospital bunker. in case of attack on tel aviv, conventional or unconventional, this bed would be one of hundreds wheeled down here, along with patients and a couple of thousand staff. dr. gabriel barbash is director of the sourasky medical center and its new underground operation. >> now the facility can operate on its own after it's been sealed. >> reporter: you mean entirely on its own? >> without communication with the outside world for seven days. >> reporter: barbash and his staff conduct drills in the facilities pre-fitted for dialysis, surgery, trauma, all cleaned by a massive air filtration system. >> the company that manufactures these filters has been established operated and run by christian germans who came into israel to pay for what was done by germany 60 years ago. >> reporter: do you think you'll have to use this? >> yes. we have two iranian subsidiaries-- one in the north of israel, one in
here, deep underground, is another line of defense. what was originally built as a parking garage is now a four- story underground hospital bunker. in case of attack on tel aviv, conventional or unconventional, this bed would be one of hundreds wheeled down here, along with patients and a couple of thousand staff. dr. gabriel barbash is director of the sourasky medical center and its new underground operation. >> now the facility can operate on its own after it's been sealed. >>...
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government spending dropped, most dramatically in the defense sector. the report, ough, also ontaed some potive velopments:onsumer spending and business investment were both up. and yesterday, the so-called case-shiller index found that housing prices grew in 20 major cities by an average of 5.5% over the previous year. it was the biggest gain in six years. we talk it through, with joel naroff, an economist, who heads his own consulting firm in pennsylvania. and roben farzad, a senior writer with bloomberg businessweek. joel naroff, let me start with you. this was a surprise to most people. what's behind the kr-pgs st quarter? >> ll, was largely the government's doing between the largest cutback of 40 years in defense which took well over a percentage point of growth out and the fears of falling off the fiscal cliff which caused businesses to be really, really cautious in their inventories and they failed dramatically, taking another percentage point or more out. those were the basic reasons. but, you know, as was noted, when you look at the fundamental
government spending dropped, most dramatically in the defense sector. the report, ough, also ontaed some potive velopments:onsumer spending and business investment were both up. and yesterday, the so-called case-shiller index found that housing prices grew in 20 major cities by an average of 5.5% over the previous year. it was the biggest gain in six years. we talk it through, with joel naroff, an economist, who heads his own consulting firm in pennsylvania. and roben farzad, a senior writer...
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now i agree ot questions, well, his job is to administer the defense department in a time of defense cuts. and so if you are interested in the competence, i agree, they should have been asking about that. but the down would be if he can't be the tough guy here, well, it's going to require's tough guy to cut the defense department intelligently. you're going to have to stand up to a lot of very vested interests and we just have to know we do that. >> that clip they played on hillary clinton addressing her critics before the foreign relations committee, and the senators time and time again, even if they ask these cosmic questions about the globe, they come back to well, what about my base. you know, let's-- let's get to the really important things, back home, you know, are you going to keep my base. >> woodruff: funding for that david just thinks will still be confirmed. do you have a thought. >> i do. i mean i do think he had will be confirmed. the first vote will be in the committee, 14-12. i think right now roy blount, the republican announced against him today, that was a possibili
now i agree ot questions, well, his job is to administer the defense department in a time of defense cuts. and so if you are interested in the competence, i agree, they should have been asking about that. but the down would be if he can't be the tough guy here, well, it's going to require's tough guy to cut the defense department intelligently. you're going to have to stand up to a lot of very vested interests and we just have to know we do that. >> that clip they played on hillary...
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that puts defense under extreme pressure on the downward side. >> the defense budget is very much falling victim to the larger fiscal woes that the government faces. >> holman: as former nebraska republican senator chuck hagel prepares to face the senate armed services committee on thursday, the difficulty of the fiscal issues confronting the next defense secretary already are clear. >> woodruff: hagel told pentagon officials last weethat he'd divest himself of investments in defense-related stocks and resign from corporate boards to avoid any conflict of interest. meanwhile, his nomination has sparked a political style campaign of television and newspaper ads for and against him. for that part of the story, we go to jim rutenberg, national political reporter at the "new york times." jim, welcome. first of all, how big a campaign are we talking about? and how unusual is it for this to take ace? >> well, in tms of... compared to the presidential campaign, this is not like hundreds of millions of dollars. this at the most will be single-digit millions, at most. but these are television ads
that puts defense under extreme pressure on the downward side. >> the defense budget is very much falling victim to the larger fiscal woes that the government faces. >> holman: as former nebraska republican senator chuck hagel prepares to face the senate armed services committee on thursday, the difficulty of the fiscal issues confronting the next defense secretary already are clear. >> woodruff: hagel told pentagon officials last weethat he'd divest himself of investments in...
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and looked at the defensive measures that israeli is taking to try to prevent any spillover. we also this week went into gaza, just two months after the israeli-gaza conflict there, for example, to assess how people are feeling and in particular about how they feel about the prospects for israeli-palestinian peace. so we hope to have some textured stories ne week. >> brown: all right. we will look for those next week. margaret warner in jerusalem, thanks some of. >> warner: thank you, jeff. >> brown: margaret and the rest of our reporting team are filing stories on our web site. you can read their insights and analysis on our "world" page. >> sreenivasan: and to another newshour correspondent overseas- - ray suarez in davos, switzerland. he's moderating panels at the world economic forum, where there's been talk about the future of the european union. we spoke earlier this evening. >> ray, les start with the ws this week. the u.k. isaking som noises about backing away in some parts from the european union. what is the reaction there? where are all these european leaders are.
and looked at the defensive measures that israeli is taking to try to prevent any spillover. we also this week went into gaza, just two months after the israeli-gaza conflict there, for example, to assess how people are feeling and in particular about how they feel about the prospects for israeli-palestinian peace. so we hope to have some textured stories ne week. >> brown: all right. we will look for those next week. margaret warner in jerusalem, thanks some of. >> warner: thank...
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the defense department has begun eliminating the jobs of all 46,000 temporary civilian employees at the pentagon. the announcement today said it's a response to mandatory, across- the-board spending cuts. they're scheduled to take effect march 1, unless congress comes up with alternative cuts. without changes, hundreds of thousands of full-time civilian employees will face furloughs and reduced paychecks by april. the government of syria called today for thousands of refugees to come home, including those opposed to the regime. nearly 600,000 syrians have fled the civil war and gone to neighboring countries. there's been a new surge this week. we have a report narrated by alex thomson of independent television news. >> the children say they double-checked their figures. they counted around 10,000 children in the overcrowded camps in jordan in just the past 24 hours, with the parents or gardens they recognized around 20,000 people in all. with the winter cold and conditions like thi ithe camps, king abdullah of jordan took the might of these people to the top today, to the world economic
the defense department has begun eliminating the jobs of all 46,000 temporary civilian employees at the pentagon. the announcement today said it's a response to mandatory, across- the-board spending cuts. they're scheduled to take effect march 1, unless congress comes up with alternative cuts. without changes, hundreds of thousands of full-time civilian employees will face furloughs and reduced paychecks by april. the government of syria called today for thousands of refugees to come home,...
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. >> warner: a reserve colonel in the israel defense forces who lives near says israel is trying to ensure that the conflict in syria doesn't threaten israel's hold on the goal and. nor the way of life of the 20,000 israelis who moved here after israel took control. many live in housing settlemen settlements. others live, as he does, on agricultural kibbutzes growing fruit and wine-producing grapes. yet the fighting has already spilled over. wind farmer and settlement leader took us to see one of his hill top wind turbines and point out his settlement across the way. >> to the east we can see the community. this is a typical community. a religious one. something like 100 families. >> warner: that very settlement was hit last december when a syrian army mortar shell fired at rebel fighters went astray. after several more shells crossed the israeli army fired back, destroying a syrian mobile artillery battery and wounding several syrian soldiers. just one of many measures israel has gone to, to protect their unrecognized hold on this strategic land. >> we are located on a military outpost th
. >> warner: a reserve colonel in the israel defense forces who lives near says israel is trying to ensure that the conflict in syria doesn't threaten israel's hold on the goal and. nor the way of life of the 20,000 israelis who moved here after israel took control. many live in housing settlemen settlements. others live, as he does, on agricultural kibbutzes growing fruit and wine-producing grapes. yet the fighting has already spilled over. wind farmer and settlement leader took us to...